In Year 6, Connor Hale was an entrepreneur of the playground. Not content with just selling the usual snacks and drinks to his classmates, the self-confessed 'nerd' 'bred Pokémon eggs' on his Nintendo console to sell to the other kids at a pretty steep rate of 20p a pop.
Now, at the age of 23, this month, the Game Design graduate from Swansea has opened 'Nerdware', a comic book shop in Swansea market. Connor now spends his days geeking out over Manga, Anime and other comic books with his customers and said: "It is brilliant. I used to work in Amazon and it was always a struggle waking up in the morning, to be honest. But now I literally enjoy going to work, it's like a comic-con everyday. I love talking to people, everyone who comes in has a story and they tell me which cards and comic books they used to collect."
After graduating from University of Wales Trinity Saint David last year, Connor was watching his course mates from his Game Design degree move away to work at large gaming companies in London and Edinburgh. Wanting to stay in Swansea, Connor remained living with his parents in Clydach and selling his comic book collection online from his bedroom to save up some money. You can read more stories about Swansea here.
